Snath-nib



J. W. CONWAY. SNATH NIB.

No. 245,280. Patented Aug. 9,1881.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SNATH-NIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,280, dated August 9, 1881. Application led November 12, 1879.

To all/whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. CONWAY, of

' the city of Jackson, county of Jackson, and

State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Snath-Nibs, ot' which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such class ot' nibs as are attached to the snath by means of aloop over the same and extending through the nib. To lessen the bulk ot packages and facilitate the shipment ot' such goods I have invented the universal detachable nib-fastening hereinat'ter described. My aim is to provide a nib that can be readily detached from the snath and interchangeable, any nib titting equally well any snath, attached by a few turns of nib to screw it on and the reverse to screw it oft'. For shipment it may be let't ot't; the snath will then pack very closely.

ln theaccompanying drawings, Figurel represents the nio and attachment combined; Figs. 2 and 3, a view ot' loop end and bolt. Figs. 4L and 5 show the usual bolt and nut; Figs. 6 and 7, the ferrule usually used between nib and suath.

The invention consists of a loop, L, Fig. 2, that may be expanded or contracted at the neck N, to a certain extent, to tit any small dit'- i'erence in the size ot' snath-stick, having the ljoining O in the form oi a nut, into which a pointed bolt, B, made to pass through the length ot' thc nib, is screwed, the head ot' this bolt being let into the outer end ot' nib-wood V, and the usual t'errule, W, used between the nib and snath, the whole making a complete' nib-fastening.

Ihe nib-wood, the bolt, the thread in the nut, and the thread on thc bolt are all made to a standard, and are therefore interchangeable. The loops are made in several sizes, to allow i'or difference in size ot' snath-sticks, but all fitted so that any bolt can be used with any loop.

ln using the nib-fastening it is the intention to have the loop attached to the snath permanently before leaving the manufactory, to

insure its fitting thesnath. In attaching them they are compressed at the neck N, after being placed in proper position on snath in such manner that they grasp it iirmly, and with usual care will retain their position for shipment and until it is necessary to attach the nib-wood, and as these are all prepared with bolt fastened in position itis sim ply necessary to place thewasherWover the loop and screw on the nib.

The ferrule is a casting in which the nibwood, when heilig screwed up to place, will turn. The bolt B, when put into the nib,has its head pressed into the end ot' the wood, so that all that need be done in attaching the parts is to put the l'errule over the loop and then apply the nib-wood, entering the screwthreaded point of the boltinto nut O and turning the nib until the parts are screwed tightly together. The device thus constructed possesses decided advantages over the ordinary loop and bolt made in one piece, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Such anib-t'astening as that shown in these gures can not be detach ed to a ny advantage i'or shipping, for it' the nib-wood and washer are removed there still remains the nib-iron, which takes up as much room as the full nib. In my device not only are the nib-wood and bolt applied and detached in one piece, but when they are detached the loop that necessarily remains on the snath projects from it so little as to be nnobiectionable.

The loop L, formed with the nut O, and adapted to be contracted or expanded at its neck to titthe snath-stick,in combination with the ferrnle, the nib, and the bolt B, screwthreaded at its front end, and seated in the nib so as to be incapable ot turning independently thereof, as-and t'or the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

JOHN W. CONWAY.

Witnesses:

D. G. PALMER, E. A. WALco'rr. 

